| 高斯 | Gāo sī | Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematician; Gauss, unit of magnetic induction |
| 高位 | gāo wèi | high position; eminent status; top job; raised position; upper (limbs); a high (i.e. local maximum); high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc |
| 高耸 | gāo sǒng | erect; towering; to stand tall |
| 高平 | Gāo píng | Gaoping, city in 山西; Cao Bang, Vietnam |
| 高喊 | gāo hǎn | to shout loudly; to raise a cry; to yell |
| 高密 | gāo mì | high density; Gaomi county level city in Weifang 潍坊, Shandong |
| 高棉 | Gāo mián | Cambodia; Kampuchea; Khmer |
| 高档 | gāo dàng | superior quality; high grade; top grade |
| 高尔察克 | Gāo ěr chá kè | Aleksandr Kolchak |
| 高高兴兴 | gāo gāo xìng xìng | cheerful and optimistic; in a good mood; gaily |
| 高年 | gāo nián | old; aged |
| 高就 | gāo jiù | to move to a better job |
| 高矮 | gāo ǎi | height (i.e. whether short or tall) |
| 高等教育 | gāo děng jiào yù | higher education |
| 高升 | gāo shēng | get a promotion |
| 高校 | gāo xiào | universities and colleges; abbr. for 高等学校 |
| 高压线 | gāo yā xiàn | high tension power line |
| 高强 | gāo qiáng | superior |
| 高翔 | Gāo Xiáng | Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter |
| 高龄 | gāo líng | elderly |
| 高亢 | gāo kàng | resounding (sound); reverberating |
| 高加索 | Gāo jiā suǒ | Caucasus; Caucasian (people) |
| 高歌 | gāo gē | to sing loudly; to lift one's voice in song |
| 高球 | gāo qiú | high ball; lob (in tennis); golf (abbr. of 高尔夫球) |
| 高射炮 | gāo shè pào | anti-aircraft gun |
| 高山族 | Gāo shān zú | Gaoshan or mountain tribes indigenous ethnic group of Taiwan |
| 高调 | gāo diào | high sounding speech; bombast |
| 高血压 | gāo xuè yā | high blood pressure; hypertension |
| 高纬度 | gāo wěi dù | high latitude (i.e. near the poles) |
| 高要 | Gāo yào | Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇庆, Guangdong |
| 高见 | gāo jiàn | wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific) |
| 高低杠 | gāo dī gàng | uneven bars (gymnastics) |
| 高傲 | gāo ào | arrogant; haughty; proud |
| 高僧 | gāo sēng | a senior monk |
| 高官厚禄 | gāo guān hòu lù | high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position |
| 高烧 | gāo shāo | fever; high temperature |
| 高不可攀 | gāo bù kě pān | too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable |
| 高手 | gāo shǒu | expert; a past master; a dab hand |
| 高阳 | Gāo yáng | Gaoyang county in Baoding 保定, Hebei; common name, e.g. Gao Yang (1926-1992), Taiwanese historical novelist |
| 高峻 | gāo jùn | high and steep |
| 高原 | gāo yuán | plateau; CL:片 |
| 高考 | gāo kǎo | college entrance exam (abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试); entrance exam for senior government service posts (Taiwan) |
| 高不成低不就 | gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù | can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one |
| 高不凑低不就 | gāo bù còu dī bù jiù | can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one |
| 高中学生 | gāo zhōng xué shēng | student of a senior high school |
| 高中生 | gāo zhōng shēng | senior high school student |
| 高人 | gāo rén | very able person |
| 高低不就 | gāo dī bù jiù | can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one |
| 高低潮 | gāo dī cháo | the tide; high and low water |
| 高八度 | gāo bā dù | higher octave (music) |
